Fish-trap



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FISH TRAP. N0.263,638. Y Patented Aug.29, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHMOND A. WENTWORTH, OFAPPIIETON, MAINE.

FISH-TRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 23,638, dated August29, 1882.

Application inea rune 17,1ss2. (Model.) 1

To all whom it may concern Beit known that` I, RICHMOND A. WENT- WORTH,of Ap'pleton, in the county ot' Knox and State of Maine, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Fish-Traps; and

I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription ot' the invention, which will enableothers skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghadto the accompanying drawings, which form a part ot' this specification,and in which- Figure l is a perspective view, showing my fish-trap set;7 and Fig. 2 is a similar View, showing it sprung.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both thefigures. My invention has relation to that class of spring. attachmentsfor shing-lines in which the baithook and line, when pulled by the tishtaking the bait, operates a trigger, releasing the spring so as tosuddenlyjerk thehook imo the mouth ofthe [ish biting; and it consists inthe construction and combination of parts of the same, as hereinaftermore fully described and claimed.

In lthe accompanying drawings, the letter A.

represents a steel rod, (or other metal may be used, it desired,) whichhas an eye or hole at its upper end for the attachment of the line.(Shown at B.) Encircling the upper end of this rod, and fastened withone end near its top, is a coiled spring, C, the lower end ot' which isfastened in a cross-piece, D, which slides upon rod A, and has anenlargement, d, where the rod passes through it.

To the cross-piece D is fastened the lower part, B', ofthe fish-line, towhich the bait-hook His attached. This part of the line passes downalong rod A and over a small sheave, a, at its bit'urcated' lower end.From here it passes through the forked lower end of the tri gger E andover a little sheave or roller, e, inserted therein.

Upon the lower end of the trigger is placed a spring, F, the free end ofwhich bears against the lower part of rod A, which is groovedlongitudinally atfto receive the end of the spring and prevent it fromslipping sidewise. By moving spring 11 up or down upon the trigger theforce or power required to spring the trap may be adjusted at pleasure,according to the size and species of tish which it is desired to catch.The upper part ofthe trigger is hinged in a short arm, G, which isfastened upon and projects from rod A.

. From thetbregoingdescripton,taken in connection with the drawings, theoperation ot' this device will readily be understood.

To set the trap the cross-piece D is drawn down upon the rod till itreaches and' engages the lip E of the trigger E. When the tish takes thebait the pull upon the hook-line B will trip the trigger and disengageits lip from part D, the sudden contraction ofthe spring O jerking lineB' upward, so as tojerk the hook into the root" of the mouth ofthe fish.

Having thus described my invention,Icla-im and desire to secure byLetters Patent ot' the United States- The herein-described fish-traporhook-spring, consisting of the rod A,spring (J,siiding crosshead D,trigger E, havingthe adjustable spring F, and hook-line B', passingthrough the lower ends of rod A and trigger E, all constructed andcombined to operate substantially as and for the purpose shown and setforth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoafiixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

RICHMOND A. WENTWORTH. Witnesses WILLARD RoBBINs, O. S. McOonnIsoN.

